Not Social
From six feet away
We keep back as we’re ordered
But why can’t you smile?
The Duprass
1st place in the Portland Writers’ Mill August 2016 contest Photo Inspired.Two empty dining room chairs face the ocean. Who put them there? A couple in love, wrapped in each other year after year, lack nothing… Or they? “I’ve found … Continued
Silver Pen
This is the first (and so far only) sonnet I have ever written. I found it fun to form a work according to the directions for one kind of sonnet. … Continued
The Morning Glory
In nearly every social situation in my life, I used to find myself a misfit. There are various reasons for it, some which I have yet to discover, but whatever the causes, I have often felt unloved. One summer vacation, … Continued
Mother of All Good Children
Based on “Fairy Tell-True,” by the Brothers Grimm. Winner, Twisted Fairytale contest by AuthorsbyDesign.com, blogged August 2009. The aim was to rewrite an established fairytale as a horror story.* Copyright 2009 by Robin Layne Wilkinson. All rights reserved. As the … Continued
The Happy Stepsister?
A lighter take on a better-known fairytale.
If the shoe fits…
Castle Picture:
Ducats Grove
Carlow, Co. Carlow
Library of Ireland
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